Latest Virginia Headlines
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Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
Sep 8 2015 // The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According...
West Virginia Explosion Victims’ Families to Receive $15 Million Insurance Settlement
Sep 8 2015 // A judge in West Virginia has approved the distribution of more than $15 million in insurance funds to the families of three workers killed in a plant explosion. The Weirton Daily Times reports that the families plan to...
Underwriters Sue Over Hole-in-One Jackpot in West Virginia
Sep 7 2015 // Insurance underwriters claim they shouldn’t have to reimburse a charity for payouts to golf fans for two holes-in-one made during the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., because the...
West Virginia Residents Sue CSX Over Train Derailment
Sep 4 2015 // A lawsuit has been filed against CSX Corp. on behalf of southern West Virginia residents living near the site of a fiery oil train derailment. Charleston attorney P. Rodney Jackson said that the lawsuit was filed for more...
Regulators in West Virginia Cite 2 Companies in Fatal Mine Accidents
Sep 3 2015 // Two companies have been cited by West Virginia regulators for alleged violations found during investigations of separate fatal mine accidents. The Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training issued two citations to...
Authorities: Money Missing From Business Where Harpers Ferry Fire Started
Sep 1 2015 // Authorities say money is missing from a business where a devastating fire in West Virginia’s Harpers Ferry originated. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says investigators...
Trinity Says Virginia Orders More Tests for Highway Guardrails
Aug 31 2015 // Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways across the country. Some of Virginia’s six proposed tests on the...
West Virginia Takes 212 Commercial Vehicles off Road After Failed Inspections
Aug 31 2015 // The West Virginia Public Service Commission says 212 commercial vehicles were taken out of service as a result of recent inspections. Violations found by PSC transportation enforcement officers included faulty brakes,...
The Andrew Agency Acquires Crowder & Holloway in Virginia
Aug 28 2015 // The Andrew Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced that it has acquired Crowder & Holloway in South Hill, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1936,...
Virginia’s Continental Underwriters Hires 2 Lumbermen’s Executives
Aug 27 2015 // Continental Underwriters, a Richmond, Virginia-based managing general agency/wholesaler specializing in the placement of insurance for lumber and forest products operations, hired Corey Bounds as loss control director and...
Increase in Sinkholes Leaves West Virginia City Struggling
Aug 25 2015 // Officials in Huntington, W. Va., are scrambling to deal with an increase in sinkholes across the city. Heavy rainfall and aging infrastructure have contributed to the increase, and the city lacks resources to do more than...
Underwriters Sue Over Greenbrier Classic’s Hole-in-One Jackpot in W.Va.
Aug 21 2015 // Insurance underwriters claim they shouldn’t be responsible for reimbursing a charity for payouts to golf fans for two holes-in-one made during the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West...
NCCI Seeks Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Increase in Virginia
Aug 19 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI ) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). Based on its review of the most recently...
10 Years After Katrina, Coastal Cities Face Greater Flood Risk: RMS
Aug 19 2015 // A decade after Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in property/casualty insurance losses, the most expensive catastrophe for the global insurance industry, rising sea levels are driving up expected economic and insurance...
The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina
Aug 18 2015 // The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not...
West Virginia to See Decrease in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 17 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
West Virginia to Require Criminal Background Checks for Long-Term Care Workers
Aug 13 2015 // West Virginia’s new state program requires criminal background checks for applicants seeking certain jobs at long-term care facilities. Health and Human Resources Secretary Karen L. Bowling announced the launch of...
Main Street America Introduces New Private Passenger Auto Program in Va.
Aug 12 2015 // The Main Street America Group announced the introduction of Main Street Protection Auto, its new private passenger auto insurance program for Virginia via its statewide network of independent insurance agents. Product...
West Virginia Purchases Second Drone to Assess Natural Disaster Damage
Aug 6 2015 // West Virginia’s Department of Transportation has purchased its second drone. The Charleston Gazette reports that the $3,500 drone will be used to help provide views of hard-to-reach or inaccessible areas. Department...
West Virginia Investigators: Harpers Ferry Fire Started on Business Patio
Aug 4 2015 // A state agency spokesman says a fire in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.’s, commercial area began on the rear patio of a business. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina tells The...
